Author Topic: Mike Rowe celebrates 10 years of "Dirty Jobs"  (Read 1173 times)

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Mike Rowe celebrates 10 years of "Dirty Jobs"
« on: November 07, 2013, 02:59:12 PM »
However, there are some regrets.

https://twitter.com/mikeroweworks/status/398500977478606850/photo/1


I thought it was a great show and Discovery was stupid to cancel it.  (They never did jump the shark and always were able to find new and interesting "Dirty Jobs" to highlight.  I always were impressed with the people that do those jobs and Mike made sure that their "expertise" was praised and celebrated, not looked down upon and demeaned.

Thanks Mike for what you did and what you continue to promote.


(We could have done without the picture however.   :O)
« Last Edit: November 08, 2013, 01:11:08 AM by scout26 »
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Re: Mike Rowe celebrates 10 years of "Dirty Jobs"
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2013, 04:05:01 PM »
Actually I think they were running out of Dirty Jobs almost constantly.  He always had his bit on the end of the show pleading if anyone knew of a dirty job, to let them know on the website.

And they were already branching out into a lot of “dirty jobs” that weren’t actually dirty per-se, just dangerous, frightening, or difficult, like radio tower guys, suspension bridge painters, or technicians for the gigantic multi-story windmill generators when the show’s initial focus was on jobs that were literally in muck, dirt, sewage, poo, grease or dealt with unpleasant animals or obscenely biological stuff.
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Re: Mike Rowe celebrates 10 years of "Dirty Jobs"
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2013, 08:53:06 PM »
Actually I think they were running out of Dirty Jobs almost constantly.  He always had his bit on the end of the show pleading if anyone knew of a dirty job, to let them know on the website.

And they were already branching out into a lot of “dirty jobs” that weren’t actually dirty per-se, just dangerous, frightening, or difficult, like radio tower guys, suspension bridge painters, or technicians for the gigantic multi-story windmill generators when the show’s initial focus was on jobs that were literally in muck, dirt, sewage, poo, grease or dealt with unpleasant animals or obscenely biological stuff.


Yep. Great show and host but, he was having to go all the way to Australia to find mostly" different", but not-so-dirty jobs.
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Re: Re: Mike Rowe celebrates 10 years of "Dirty Jobs"
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2013, 09:34:12 PM »
I agree with scout.  Still lots of dirty jobs yet to be captured.  Own a house built in 1959 and discover a new one each week.
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Re: Re: Mike Rowe celebrates 10 years of "Dirty Jobs"
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2013, 10:16:28 PM »
I agree with scout.  Still lots of dirty jobs yet to be captured.  Own a house built in 1959 and discover a new one each week.

1959?  Plenty of houses around here from 1759.
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Re: Re: Mike Rowe celebrates 10 years of "Dirty Jobs"
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2013, 01:33:10 AM »
1959?  Plenty of houses around here from 1759.

Yeah, but those houses have 'settled down' and were built to last, so you don't have a 'new' dirty job every week. '59 was a period where they were trying a bunch of new things that didn't always work or last like the old ways...

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Re: Mike Rowe celebrates 10 years of "Dirty Jobs"
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2013, 09:54:32 AM »
He should move on to corporate type jobs- a Dilbert type show.
I guess the limiting factor would be that he be be thrown out, and threatened with a lawsuit when he asks, "WTF?!!!!"